Description
Most Proseccos are highly processed wines, made in vast quantities, often a bit sweet and immediately forgettable. This dry, savory, delightful wine is not called a Prosecco, but that’s essentially what it is, if a Prosecco were made of conscientiously farmed grapes carefully vinified. Unlike most Proseccos, which are carbonated in big pressurized tanks, this received a second, bubbles-inducing fermentation in the bottle, which can produce finer, more distinctive wines. (Eric Asimov, NYT)
- Country: Italy
- Region: Veneto
- Size: 750ml
Varietal
Champagne Blend
The sparkling wines of Champagne have been revered by wine drinkers for hundreds of years, and even today they maintain their reputation for excellence of flavor and character, and are consistently associated with quality, decadence, and a cause for celebration. Their unique characteristics are partly due to the careful blending of a small number of selected grape varietals, most commonly Chardonnay and Pinot Noir. These grapes, blended in fairly equal quantities, give the wines of Champagne their wonderful flavors and aromas, with the Pinot Noir offering length and backbone, and the Chardonnay varietal giving its acidity and dry, biscuity nature. It isn’t unusual to sometimes see Champagne labeled as ‘blanc de blanc’, meaning it is made using only Chardonnay varietal grapes, or ‘blanc de noir’, which is made solely with Pinot Noir.
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